1. Journal-  In class

2.  Essays and groups...

3.  MLA format:  Here

4.  Lottery Groups...

5.  HW----  Read "The Lottery."  Create 10 TS questions for another to answer.

6.  HW-      Create an Origami Crane, unless you're Sarah.  Then create an Origami ?.



No Way Mistakes:

a.  Tense shift.  I love to eat when I was hungry.

b.  PNA-    Someone who is cool has all the tricks; they know how to...

c.  VTA-  I loves to eat.

d.  Comma Splice: (CS) I love to eat, I love to cook.

e.  Run on:  I love to eat I love to cook.

f.  Parallelism:  I love to ride my bike, walk the dog, and watching movies

G. Fragment:  A part of a sentence.  A piece.

H.  Sentence ; sentence.

I.    Commas:  Introductory phrases and clauses.   When I went shopping, I bought.

                       To separate two sentences with ,and ,or ,but ,yet ,for:
                       
                        I love to bike, and I love to eat.

Thinking Skills and HW...

1.    Journal:- 

How does thinking about what you think impact the way you think?

2.   Quiz of Fs….

3.   Thinking Skills Definitions Groups…

4.   All notes?

5.   TS def interview pairs…

6.   Poem and TS questions…

7.   HW-  Reading… Narrative…  The Lottery…199 in Patterns.

8.   .  Homework... Follow this link and complete the "Improving Information Literacy Skills" tutorial provided by our excellent library.  Please print out your final score and bring it to class.

Analyze-   To determine the nature and parts.

Compare-  To point out similarities.

Contrast-  To point out differences.

Connect-  To place in relationship to something else.

Clarify-     To make clear.

Distinguish-  To point out the difference between two things.

Define-  To determine essential qualities.

Evaluate-  To determine the worth.

Elaborate-  To tell more about something. 

Explain-  To make understandable.

Identify- To name.

Infer-  To determine based on evidence.

Interpret- To put into other words.

Predict-  To tell in advance.

Summarize-  To tell a short version.

Synthesize- To combine.

Diagnostic

Welcome to Class!

1.  Class procedures...  Attendance


2.  Journal: 

When you're taking a new class, it's a good idea to think about why it matters.  Why does this one?

3.  TPS

4.  Abbot...

3.  Syllabus and books...  (legal stuff)


4.  Diagnostic Essay... "The Art of Authorship" by  Mark Twain   HOMEWORK!


      Please read the following essay and respond to the questions (a and b) at the bottom.  Please be sure to write an essay in response that offers your potential read a beginning, middle and end.

A.  What is Mark Twain's process of composing, and
B.   How does this compare or contrast with your process?


5.  Please return to class with your typed essay in MLA format.

6.  Exeunt.